Guide-wire for spinning-machines.



J. P. OCONNELL.

GUIDE WIRE FOR SPINNING MACHINES.

APPLICATION FILED 001222, 1913.

1 ,1 17,596, Patented Nov. 17, 1914.

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JAMES P. OCONNELL, OF CROMPTON, RHODE ISLAND, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-THIRD TOEDGAR I1. MERROW, OF MALDEN, MASSACHUSETTS, AND ONE-THIRD TO CHARLES D.ROBINSON, 0F GROMYTON, RHODE ISLAND.

GUIDE-WIRE FOR SPINNING-MACHINES.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that 1, JAMES P. OCONNELL, acitizen of the United States, residing at Crompton, in the county ofKent and State of Rhode Island, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Guide-lVires for Spinning-vlachines, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in guidewires for spinning machines, and the object of the invention is toprovide an improved structure of guide in which the same is disposedsubstantially in alinement with the top of the finger board, while thecontractor is disposed in proximity to the top of the spindle so as toreduce the ballooning of the yarn during spinning.

In the drawings-Figure 1 is a vertical section of the invention. Fig. 2is a front end elevation. Fig. 3 is a bottom plan View. Fig. =1 is aperspective view of the guide wire, and Fig. 5 is a similar view of a.modified form of guide wire.

The finger board 1 has the depending tail 2 of a plate 3 securedthereto, the tail 2 being hinged at ii: to the plate 3. The plate 3 hasa depending portion 5 at its front end which portion 5 is apertured at Gand slotted at 7.

The guide wire is formed to have a horizontal substantially J-shapedpart 8 the long leg of which is received in the aperture 6. The part 8is firmly and adjustably secured to the under face of the plate 3 bymeans of a nut and bolt 9. The long leg of part 8 is bent downwardly at1.0 and is then further bent to provide a horizontal eye 11, which eyeforms a contractor, the wire being continued upwardly from the eye andinclined rearwardly at 12 and then further continued downwardly at anincline at 13 and formed with a kink catcher 14. The parts 13 and 1 1form a U-shaped guide for the thread T, which guide is located sub-Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed October 22, 1913.

Patented Nov. 17, 1914.

Serial No. 796,616.

stantially in alinement with the top of the plate 3.

In Fig. the guide structure is similar to that shown in the remainingfigures, except that the kink catcher 1-1 is formed by extending the leg15 of the portion 16 downwardly, the leg 15 being received in the slot 7of the plate 3, while the leg 13 of the guide 17 of the contractor 11'is shortened.

The thread passing from the rolls extends through the guide formed bythe parts 12 and 13 in Fig. 1 and the part 16 in Fig. 5, and then passesthrough the contractor 11 or 11 in Fig. 5 and thence to the spindle S,whereby it will be seen that the guide may be formed practically on aline with the top of the finger board, while the contractor may bedisposed at a point in close proximity to the top of the spindle, whichgreatly reduces the ballooning of the yarn during the spinning.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent In a guide wire for spinning machines, a wire memberhaving a part for securement to the finger board, one end of said partbeing extended downwardly and bent to form a closed contractor eye whichextends slightly below the finger board and being further bent upwardlyand theme tended downwardly to form a U-shaped guide, the closed end ofsaid guide being disposed in substantially the same horizontal planewith the finger board and adjacent to the eye to enable the thread to beplaced through the eye and guide in one operation.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

JAMES P. OCONNELL. /Vitnesses:

ADA E. HAGERTY, J. A. MILLER.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each. by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C.

